The Cook Community Alumni Association presented the 2022 Distinguished Alumni Awards May 1 at the Cook Student Center. Organized by the alumni association, the awards encompass the George H. Cook Distinguished Alumni Awards and the Dennis M. Fenton Distinguished Graduate Alumni Awards. The George H. Cook award is presented to an alumnus or to alumni […]
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Rutgers Alumnus Bob Burns CC’71: Into the Woods
In the early morning hours of August 15, 1994, Bob Burns and his wife, Mary LaHood, were jolted from sleep when their home in Piedmont, South Dakota, was illuminated by the glow of an encroaching fire from nearby Stagebarn Canyon. Racing to a command center set up at a local school, Burns CC’71 drew on […]
Jessica Ware (GSNB’08-Entomology): The Insect Curator
Alumni Profile As a freshman at the University of British Columbia, Jessica Ware envisioned a career as a marine biologist. But in an invertebrate zoology class, she was stunned to learn there are more species of insects than any other animal on the planet. About a million insect species have been identified but several million […]
2022 SEBS Convocation Remarks by Interim Executive Dean Laura Lawson
Good morning! Thank you, Chancellor-Provost Conway, for sharing in this wonderful moment with our school. It is an honor and pleasure having you here and hearing your words of welcome and best wishes to our graduating students and their friends and families. Now, Dr. Conway and I have been together for a number of graduation […]
Cynthia Rosenzweig (CC’80, GSNB’83), NASA Climate Scientist, Wins World Food Prize
Cynthia Rosenzweig of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center receives $250,000 Cynthia Rosenzweig, a NASA climate scientist and Rutgers University alumna, has been named the 2022 World Food Prize Laureate for her work on the impact climate change has on food production worldwide. Rosenzweig won the $250,000 prize for her achievements as the founder of […]
From Immigrant, First Generation Student to Wall Street: Alum Luis Gasca (SEBS ’21)
Catching Up, Moving Ahead, and Giving Back At the age of seven, when Luis Gasca immigrated with his mother and sister to the U.S. from Colombia, he only spoke Spanish. Gasca was enrolled in an English-speaking school in his new hometown of Trenton, NJ, to acclimate to the new language and catch up with his […]
Alumna Toyosi Dickson (SEBS’20) Reflects on her Journey to Environmental Justice
From as far back as Toyosi Dickson (SEBS’20) can remember, getting a college education was non-negotiable. “First things first, my family made sure above all else that I knew I needed a college degree to succeed in life. There’d be times when I’d come home from kindergarten and complain about how long it was. My […]
Announcement: SEBS Associate Professor Siobain Duffy Appointed DEENR Chair
Announcement by Laura J. Lawson, Interim Executive Dean of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and Interim Executive Director of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce the appointment of associate professor Siobain Duffy as the new chair of the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources (DEENR) […]
Rutgers Alumnus Bob Lyons (RC’76) Named 2022 Scott Medal Winner by The Scott Arboretum
Bob Lyons (RC’76), founding chair of the Rutgers Gardens Advisory Board, has been named the 2022 Scott Medal Winner by The Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College. Lyons will receive this prestigious award at The Scott Arboretum’s Spring Celebration on March 13. The Scott Medal was established in 1929 to recognize individuals who “have made outstanding […]
Booker T. Whatley, GSNB’57 (PhD, Horticulture): Black Innovator Who Reshaped Farming
The innovative ideas that Booker T. Whatley (1915-2005) developed to keep small farms competitive are vast and those concepts continue to be highly regarded today. Whatley earned his undergraduate degree from Alabama A&M University. While serving in the Korean War and operating a hydroponic farm in Japan to provide food for the troops, he was […]
